Improvement in cotton-planters



JACK WOOD. Improvement in Cotton-Planter.

Patented May 28,1872.

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JAGK'WOOD, OF WEDOWEE, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,399, dated May 28,1872.

. panying drawing and following description,

both having the same indicating characters.

Of the drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective, and Fig. 2 asectional, view of the invention. Fig. 3 represents a view of one, andFig. 4 of another, modified form of themvention. Fig. 5 represents aview of an indented carrying-band; and Fig. 6 represents a view of ahollow slotted marker or furrowplow.

In the drawing, A indicates the under part,

and B the upper part, of a combined frame,

the under part being the frame of a harrow and the upper part the frameof a seed-box; (l, a driving-wheel; D, a seed-box; E, an in dentedcarrying-band; F, a series or carryingband of buckets; G one, and Hanother, cogwheel; I one, and J another, and K another,

band-pulley; L, a furrow-plow or hollow slotted marker; M, aconducting-spout; N. a

shield; and O, a series of barrow-teeth. In the drawing, also,windicates a series of scallops in the outer sides of the harrow-frameA;b, a bevel or incline inwardly from each outer end or edge on the treadof the driving-wheel B; d, a pulley-groove in the middle of thedriving-wheel B c, a series of indentations or cavities in thecarrying-band E; e, a hollow or groove; and f, a slot in the furrow-plowF.

In cultivating cotton it is found better to have the plants or stalksone in a place, and as well aligned as may be; and the primary object ofthe invention is to plant cotton-seeds one in a place, with regularintervals, in wellaligned rows; but it may be adapted to anyseed-planting.

The machine shown is designed to be drawn by a horse andbe guided by aperson walking behind, as a common plow is guided. The seeds to beplanted are carried in the seed-bozr D. As the machine moves forward thedriving-wheel O revolves and drives the indented band E and bucket-bandF by the pulley d of the driving-wheel and the pulleys and cog-wheels IG H J K in the direction of the course of the arrows. In thecarrying-band E is a series of indentations or cavities, 0, in line, ata regular space apart, of any desired distance, and each large enough,but no larger than, to hold one seed, and on the bucket-band F is aseries of buckets at a like regular distance apart, and large enough tocatch and carry and drop the seeds. The indented carrying-band E enterstheseed-box D from below through an aperture fitted to let it passloosely but closely, and passes out upwardly and over the upperband-pulley I through a like aperture in the shield N. In passingthrough the seeds in the box D each cavity 0 of the carrying-band Ereceives a seed, and only one, which is carried over the upper pulley I,the loosely but closely-fitting aperture of the shield N only allowingone seed at a time, and nothing but the band and the one seedin thecavity thereof, to pass through. As the band E passes over and under theupper pulley I each seed, as the band goes over, will fall out of itscavity 0 and into a bucket of the bucket-band F. Thus each bucket of thebucket-band F will receive and carry down and under the bottom pulley Kthe seeds, one at a time, as they come from the indented carrying-bandE, and drop them into a furrow of the ground through the slot f of thefurrow-plow L. As the machine moves along the furrow-plow L makes aslight mark or furrow, into which the seeds fall. The furrow-plow L, inmaking a furrow or channel for the seeds to fall into, necessarilythrows up a slight ridge of earth on each side, and as the driving-wheel0 follows with its inwardly-beveled surfaces 72 it will throw theseridges and other loose earth into the middle and cover the furrow andseeds. The main wheel 0 is a roller as well as driving-wheel, and,following the barrow and covering of the seeds, it rolls the groundsmoothly and leaves it in good form. The pulley-groove d in the middleof the roller 0 prevents the packing of the earth directly over theseeds; but the two sides pack the earth on each side of the seeds so asto retain moisture and benefit the planting. In

cultivating cotton almost universally the field is thrown up intoparallel ridges, and the seeds planted on the top of the ridges. This isproved to be the better way so far as yet known. The form of the roller0 is thus adapted to the shape of these ridges. The harrow-teeth O arefastened in any Way to the outer sides of the timbers of thebarrow-frame A, and are wider apart at the top than at the bottom toallow all obstructions to pass out readily, and in the space betweeneach two teeth a scallop, a, is cut in the'timber of the harrow-frameAfor greater room and freedom for obstructions to pass. The distanceapart the seeds are planted is determined by the space between thecavities 0 of the indented revolving carrying-band E. By making thecavities c of the carrying-band E of the necessary exact size, one ortwo or any given number of seeds can be planted at a time and in aplace, as desired.

Fig. 3 of the drawing represents a modified form of the invention, inwhich a conductingspout, M, is substituted in place of the revolvingseries of carrying-buckets F; and Fig. 4 represents another modifiedform, in which both the carrying-buckets F and conductingspout M aredispensed with and the seeds dropped directly into the ground from thecarrying-band E.

I claim- 1. The combination of an indented revolving band, E, with arevolving band of buckets, F, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a furrow-plow, L, with an indented revolving band,E, and a revolvingband of buckets, F, substantially as described.

JACK WOOD. Witnesses:

JAMES DENsMoRn, Enu. F. BROWN.

